Definition of Heckle

1. Noun. A comb for separating flax fibers.

Exact synonyms: Hatchel
Generic synonyms: Comb

2. Verb. Comb with a heckle. "Heckle hemp or flax"
Exact synonyms: Hackle, Hatchel
Generic synonyms: Comb

3. Verb. Challenge aggressively.
Generic synonyms: Break Up, Cut Off, Disrupt, Interrupt
Derivative terms: Heckler, Heckling

Definition of Heckle

1. n. & v. t. Same as Hackle.

2. v. t. To interrogate, or ply with questions, esp. with severity or antagonism, as a candidate for the ministry.

Definition of Heckle

1. Verb. (transitive) To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses. (defdate from later 18th c.) ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To insult, tease, make fun of or badger. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Heckle

1. to harass a speaker [v -LED, -LING, -LES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heckle

hecato-
hecatomb
hecatombs
hecatomeral
hech
hechsher
hecht syndrome
hechting
hechts
hechtsbergite
heck
hecka
heckelphone
heckimal
heckle (current term)
heckled
heckler
heckler's veto
hecklers
heckles
heckling
hecklings
hecks
heckuva
heckuva job
hect-
hectagon
hectagons
hectarage

Literary usage of Heckle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"The cylinders are furnished with two grades of heckle-pins; ... It is of that class of machines which have two heckle cylinders revolving in opposite ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"These sheets are crossed by irán bars, to which heckle stocks, ... The heckle stocks OD each separate sheet are of one size and gauge, but each successive ..."

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